Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - May 29, 2012

http://thejournal.com/articles/2012/05/29/210000-catholic-schools-to-adopt-office-365.aspx - All Catholic schools moving to Office 365
http://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2012/05/29/udl-and-the-flipped-classroom-the-full-picture/ - Universal Design for Learning - good videos
http://www.upsidelearning.com/blog/index.php/2012/05/28/a-list-of-interesting-mobile-learning-links/ - some different and interesting mobile learning links
http://www.myinfinitec.org/ - Assistive technology website
http://www.ronritchhart.com/COT_Resources.html - Interesting site devoted to the Cultures of Thinking - Ron Ritchhart of Harvard
http://blog.bufferapp.com/10-free-tools-to-help-you-organize-the-internet - tools to help you organize the internet
http://www.physicsgames.net/ - online physics-based games
http://meetings.io/ - free, open video meetings - no signups
http://www.numberphile.com/ - interesting, funny videos about numbers
http://www.simutrans.com/ - Simutrans - downloadable transportation simulation game
http://www.echalk.co.uk/Maths/PrimaryNationalStrategy_Yr6/DfES-MathsActivitiesforyear6/swimming.swf - Swimming Race game - just for Stephen!
http://english.chinese.cn/onlinelearning/ - Confucius Institute - includes culture and Mandarin Language lessons
http://www.talkminer.com/ - mine video lectures for words and phrases - good idea!

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Saturday, May 26, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - May 26, 2012

http://www.brainpickings.org/ - BrainPickings - daily scientific blogs and links - great stuff
http://openclipart.org - nice collection of free clip art
http://www.infogr.am/ - infogram - create interactive infographics - requires twitter or facebook login
http://thejournal.com/articles/2012/04/10/typing-in-the-age-of-ipads.aspx - Typing practice in the age of iPads
http://goo.gl/X7BTC - Bump from your iDevice to your computer
http://adulted.about.com/od/teachers/tp/warmupsforlessonplans.htm - Icebreakers for warmups in lessons and discussions
http://www.soungle.com/ - sound search engine
http://advanced.aviary.com/tools/music-creator - Music creator by Aviary - music with a beat
http://musicteachtech.wikispaces.com/ictev2012 - MusicTeachTech - teach music online with digital tools
http://www.teachhub.com/obsolete-lessons-for-modern-students - Things you learned in school that your students won't - interesting list
http://ifttt.com/ - Internet task manager - triggers and tasks that run in the background
http://bundlr.com/ - organize and bundle your web - create topic pages
http://www.homestyler.com/home - Autodesk Home Styler - design online
http://www.edutopia.org/stw-project-based-learning-best-practices - Edutopia on Project Based Learning
http://edudemic.com/2012/05/new-pedagogies-for-the-digital-age/ - great Slideshares on Web 20 and learning
http://www.2epub.com/ - PDF to ePub converter
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/05/list-of-20-free-tools-for-teachers-to.html - presentation tools for teachers
http://www.thynkalittle.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=66&Itemid=74 - interesting but poorly formatted list of Second Life resources

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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - May 24, 2012

http://goo.gl/WKrmR - eBook toolkit - handful of simple tools, some for students
http://www.robomind.net/en/index.html - Robomind - game-like environment to teach computer science - similar to Scratch, Alice - Easy to use
http://www.portfoliogen.com/ - PortfolioGen - Create Your Free Teacher Portfolio Webpage
http://ipad.appstorm.net/roundups/utilities-roundups/40-super-secret-ipad-features-and-shortcuts/ - iPad secrets and shortcuts
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2011/03/40-tutorials-for-outstanding-text-effects-in-illustrator/ - Text effect tutorials for Illustrator
http://www.learnerstv.com/ - LearnersTV - downloadable videos, lectures, resources on many subjects - collected from YouTube, etc.
http://edudemic.com/2012/05/100-updated-ways-to-use-facebook-in-your-classroom/ - Using Facebook in the classroom

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - May 23, 2012

http://www.coetail.asia/bsheridan/2012/05/21/how-i-published-to-the-itunes-bookstore/ - publishing eBooks in iTunes
http://www.proconlists.com/list/education/byod-in-schools/863 - pros and cons of BYOD
https://diy.org/ - kids who make - cool maker projects by kids
http://pbskids.org/designsquad/parentseducators/resources/index.html - DesignSquad Nation - kids maker projects and more
http://www.mousesquad.org/ - MouseSquad - more maker projects for kids
http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2012/05/17/maker-education-initiative-launches-at-maker-faire/ - every child a maker initiative
http://jolt.merlot.org/vol6no2/waters_0610.htm - academic paper on social bookmarking in ed
http://teachtec.cloudapp.net/ - Microsoft Partners TeachTech Tools for Schools - Microsoft tools to download
http://help.diigo.com/teacher-account/faq - Help and FAQ about Diigo in Ed
https://sites.google.com/site/team8project9440/using-diigo-in-the-classroom-2 - student learning in Diigo - nice training site
http://sloanconsortium.org/webinar_recordings - Sloan-C webinar recordings - mostly e-learning
http://explore.org/#!/live-cams/player/siku-cam-1 - watch endangered species on live webcam
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ - Lib of Congress historical US newspaper pages from 1830's on

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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - May 22, 2012

http://goo.gl/uaBN2 - Social Media strategy for your classroom
https://live.leapmotion.com/ - Mini sized Kinect-like control for your Mac computer - my arms would get tired...
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/05/teachers-transform-commercial-video-game-for-class-use/ - teaching with Minecraft
http://connected-mind.appspot.com/ - Chrome app to save files to the cloud by drag/drop
http://makeprojects.com/ - online library of make projects - lots of fun!
http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/moodle1/index.html - bunch of Moodle training videos
http://timemachine.gigapan.org/wiki/Main_Page - high detail time lapse/slice movies of a variety of processes - needs Chrome
http://www.cast.org/ - Universal Design for learning - useful tools for educators
http://goo.gl/LrHmu - free eBooks from Microsoft - latest stuff
http://ndesign-studio.com/tutorials - Illustrator tutorials - make stunning graphics - also http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Illustrator/1 and http://vector.tutsplus.com/page/3/
http://goo.gl/VnvYw - 50 must-read higher-ed tech blogs - incomplete from my POV
http://goo.gl/ZIyqh - Teacher development starter kit for teaching online
http://edutechdatabase.wikispaces.com/ - K12 Tech Tools Home
http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html - Tagxedo word cloud creator - lots of parameters to tweak
http://www.flubaroo.com - Flubaroo Grading script for Google Docs - looks very handy
http://www.joinopenclass.com/open/home/index - OpenClass LMS
http://testprepwi.org/ - Test Prep Wisconsin - tutorials, practice sessions, test-taking tips, and a vocabulary builder
http://play.storybricks.com/play.php - StoryBricks - 3D role-playing game designer/player - tell a story in a game
http://www.criticallayouts.com/Generators/photo-cube-3d/loader.html - make a 3D photocube for your web page
http://www.filmstory.org/ - FilmStory - explore history/film relationships - like an educational Netflix
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/frig.swf - Fridg - drag words to the refrigerator door
http://www.ancientindia.co.uk/menu.html - British Museum site on Ancient India

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Sunday, May 20, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - May 20, 2012

http://codingbat.com/ - code practice sessions in various languages - short snippets to code and test - not everyone's cup-o-tea...
http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/index.htm - nice Civil War site by National Park Service
http://orbis.stanford.edu/ - "travel agency" of ancient Roman Empire - trace a route - get more info, including costs
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/20-tips-new-teachers-lisa-dabbs - tidbits for new teachers from Edutopia
http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html - Kathy Schrock page on apps for Blooms Taxonomy
http://eyeoned.org/content/the-worst-eighth-grade-math-teacher-in-new-york-city_326/ - Math teacher's fall caused by performing too well the year before

And don't forget today's eclipse, max at 6:33pm PST...

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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - May 17, 2012

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/read-epub-ebooks-on-firefox-chrome/ - read ePub books on Firefox and Chrome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=z4bJEqoCAuI - Microsoft vision of world of 2021 - side links to many other visions
http://www.nearpod.com/ - synchronized use of iPods in the classroom - handy for 1:1
http://knacktech.wordpress.com/ - using Classroom DoJo's for positive behavior
http://www.google.com/insidesearch/features/search/knowledge.html - Google Knowledge Graph - new directions in searching
https://www.coursera.org/ - collection of free university courses from the top schools
http://lifehacker.com/5910943/fix-out+of+sync-audio-in-vlc-with-a-keyboard-shortcut - fix out-of-sync audio during playback in VLC player
http://www.vreveal.com/ - vReveal video software - remove jitter, correct color, create panorama - download
http://www.bitstrips.com/create/comic - Online comics creator
http://www.scirra.com/ - Construct2 - drag/drop game maker
http://www.stencyl.com/ - stencyl - create iOS and Flash games - download
http://www.netsmartz.org/Educators - Netsmartz educators page - web safety for kids

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - May 16, 2012

http://gamedesign1.com/ - online game design course - $199
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IFe9wiDfb0E - welcome to Life - thoughtfully humorous view of after-life digitalization of ourselves
http://threering.com/ - assess student work online - build digital portfolios
http://code.google.com/p/sigil/ - Sigil - WYSIWYG ebook editor - download
http://www.pigsgourdsandwikis.com/2010/05/html5-video-works-on-ibooks-on-ipad.html - HTML5 video apparently works in iPads - embed a video in your eBook
http://etherpad.org/download - Etherpad is a text-collaboration tool - used to be online - now open source and this downloads a server you can install
http://www.udutu.com/ - free online course authoring tools
https://mahara.org/ - Mahara - open source ePortfolios - can download - requires PostgresSQL
http://www.abcya.com/abcya_paint.htm - cute paint app - drag coloring pages onto canvas and color - can save and print

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - May 15, 2012

http://goo.gl/IrmSX - High tech vs no tech - arguments for both
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EL_g0tyaIeE#t=145s - how a bad backup almost killed Toy Story 2
http://goo.gl/B7QSv - Is Google has us using Internet as our main memory
http://vodcasting.ning.com/ - network for vodcasting teachers
http://www.lightworksbeta.com/ - Lightworks - video editor - new Windows version on the way...
http://youtube.clea.nr/ - Youtube cleaner videos - much less clutter when viewing
http://www.tiki-toki.com/ - create beautiful interactive timelines
http://www.cosketch.com/ - simple whiteboard sharing
http://www.poissonrouge.com/schoolofchinese/ - children's animated Mandarin site
http://www.mathsonline.co.uk/nonmembers/gamesroom/bugs/bugrace3.html - interesting two-player math game - also teaches letters
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/screencapturemac/Screen_Capture_Utilities_for_Macintosh.htm - Mac screen capture utilities
http://edutechdatabase.wikispaces.com/ - K12 tech tools - useful collection
http://www.123dapp.com/123d#download123D - Free Autodesk modeling program - can create STL files for 3D printers

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Monday, May 14, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - May 14, 2012

http://edshelf.com/ - directory and personal library of digital tools for educators - incl reviews and ratings
http://goo.gl/cDWfk - Reminder of Scratch Day - May 19 - with some resources
http://goo.gl/cswVp - Plug for Wi Fi Chromebooks instead of tablets ($479 price - 10hr battery - notebook...)
http://seeme.org.au/ - promotes positive body image and more
http://fcit.usf.edu/matrix/gradelevel.php - technology integration matrix - videos about examples, categorized by grade and application
http://www.wikipaintings.org/ - the wiki of art and artists
http://www.free-training-tutorial.com/math-games.html#teachers - a ton of math games for elem/secondary school
http://www.convergemag.com/training/Googles-8020-Principle-New-Jersey-School.html - Give students 20% of time off to work on their own projects
http://www.education.com/magazine/article/parents-guide-to-twitter/ - parent's guide to twitter
https://burnnote.com/#/view - send a message that gets deleted after it is read (like for passwords, etc)
http://www.only2clicks.com/pages/ipadapps4education/464735 - like a livebinder - this on iPad apps
http://goo.gl/72rVF - picture editing apps that work in the Google Drive
http://www.zimmertwins.com/splash - cute animation site for kids - make cartoons
http://lifehacker.com/5909501/how-to-choose-the-best-chart-for-your-data - chosing the best chart for your data
http://searchenginereports.net/articlecheck.aspx - another plagiarism checker
http://goo.gl/gvXcG - 11 tech tools to teach to core standards
http://www.labnol.org/internet/rss-feeds-directory/21242/ - create rss feeds for common social sites

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Sunday, May 13, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - May 13, 2012

http://www.spreaker.com/ - record and broadcast yourself - also try http://www.recordmp3.org/
http://www.inudge.net/ - create music on a matrix - very cool and easy!
http://www.youtube.com/user/shakespeareanimated - stop action animation of Shakespeare - not Wallace & Grommet, but well done
http://www.ibuildapp.com/ - design your own mobile app online for free
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/monsters-learn-3d-sculpting-123d-sculpt-ipad/ - build 3D models on iPad
http://www.instantsfun.es/reallife - interesting - sound effect buttons - other categories - have to capture online to use
http://goo.gl/aNxnM - repeat: ICT Magic - a vast collection of Web 2.0 and computer tools

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Saturday, May 12, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - May 12, 2012

http://imagecharteditor.appspot.com/ - make connect the dot puzzles
http://kids.tate.org.uk/ - tate art gallery page for kids
http://www.paintmap.com/ - locate art of geographic places using Google Maps
http://www.sketch.odopod.com/ - sketch application - seems to respond to function keys to change line
http://kyucon.com/qblock/ - 3D pixel art designer
http://mgleeson.edublogs.org/2012/05/12/the-ipad-as-a-research-tool/ - iPad as a research tool
http://www.numbersleuth.org/universe/ - magnify the universe - very cool big to little animations
http://imaginationsoup.net/2012/05/favorite-educational-ipad-apps-for-kids-reading-writing/ - Kids' iPad apps for reading/writing

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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - May 10, 2012

http://www.squidoo.com/speed-up-chrome - speed up chrome up to 40%
http://goo.gl/D6Pb1 - Solidoodle - 3D printer on a budget - great for makers
http://goo.gl/br8aN - Scratch 2.0 - not yet, but soon - maybe May 19 - Scratch Day
http://www.videojug.com/tag/school-subjects - videos for the home schooled
http://www.teachingvideos.co.uk/ - cross curricular teaching videos on various subjects - British humor
http://goo.gl/FA4KR - Amazon cloud drive - up to 5Gb
http://k12videos.mit.edu/ - MIT videos by students - science topics and experiments
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/50-qr-code-resources-for-the-classroom/16093 - QR code resources for the classroom
http://scratched.media.mit.edu/ - Scratch site for teachers - we're using Scratch in 6th right now...
http://www.ultimatetitanic.com/education - Titanic history, facts, classroom projects - also http://www.titanic-nautical.com/RMS-Titanic-Iceberg-FAQ.html
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/12-reasons-school-district-tweeting-joe-mazza - reasons to start tweeting this summer

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - May 9, 2012

http://e-learningforkids.org/index.html - Nice website for e-learning and home schooling
http://trainingmag.com/content/game-based-learning-corporate-world - guidelines for using game based learning
http://www.scribd.com/doc/92629651/Google-Drive-and-Docs-for-Teachers-2012 - Google Drive and Docs for teachers
http://realworldmath.org/Real_World_Math/HTML_Tutorials.html - HTML tutorials - this one covers Google Earth
http://www.thejohnboyer.com/new-education/ - New Ed Approcahes from a college educator - interesting links
https://tricider.com/en/t - post an idea, share and collect votes - social voting tool
http://goo.gl/pSJb0 - nice TED talk on learning by gaming
http://ael.gatech.edu/lab/research/arspot/ - ARSpot - augmented reality for kids - uses Scratch - very cool...
http://www.easel.ly/ - create free infographics online - easy and free
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/cliplets/ - Cliplets - Microsoft video tool to combine still and video clips - plus other projects

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Sunday, May 6, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - May 6, 2012

http://embedit.in/ - embed files on your website
http://iographica.com/ - turn your mouse movements into a work of art (?)
http://blog.diy.org/ - safe place for kids to post a blog, photos, etc.
http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation/index.html - Google search tips for students - good training site
http://learninginhand.com/blog/wireless-mirroring-from-ipad-to-pc-now-a-reality-with-airser.html - Airserver - iPad to PC display
http://www.sciencebob.com/index.php - scienceBob - experiments and more
http://goo.gl/sWVxw - Steps to redefine education with technology - good iPad advice

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Saturday, May 5, 2012

Fwd: Diigo Ed Picks - May 5, 2012

http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/ - Hybrid Pedagogy - online digital journal of Teaching and Tech
http://itunes.apple.com/itunes-u/digital-differentiation-screencasting/id524780486 - learn to make a screencast video for sharing knowledge with others
http://mgleeson.edublogs.org/2012/05/05/parents-making-them-part-of-the-solution/ - interesting blog about involving parents online
http://joliprint.com/ - easily save web content as PDF
http://goo.gl/NSwZ5 - interesting infographic on the history of encryption

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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - May 3, 2012

http://hookedoninnovation.com/2012/05/01/top-10-things-not-to-do-in-a-11-ipad-initiative/ - what NOT to do with 1:1 iPads
http://pbln.imsa.edu/model/intro/differences.html - problem-based-learning site from Illinois Math/Sci website
https://www.quixey.com/ - Search Engine for Apps
http://www.random.org/ - another approach to random numbers: atmospheric noise
http://www.schrockguide.net/ipads-in-the-classroom.html - Kathy Schrock on iPads in the classroom
http://www.qrhacker.com/ - generate attractive and versatile QR codes that include images

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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - May 2, 2012

http://www.kdnuggets.com/2012/04/quantum-vacuum-random-number-generator.html - real quantum random number generator online (geeky, I know)
http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-professor-blog/a-graphic-syllabus-can-bring-clarity-to-course-structure/ - graphic syllabus - idea: syllabus mind map!
http://soundcli.ps/ - donated sound clips - search by keywords
http://www.agameaday.com/ - Game a day - fun little java games and puzzles
http://www.hackasaurus.org/en-US/ - mash up and change any web page like magic - includes things like a hack jam - doesn't alter the original, of course
http://contrapunctus.thirdangle.org/ - move mouse to create stringed instrument performance
http://www.freecol.org/ - freecol - colonization of america game (download - like sim-games)
http://goo.gl/kljTN - Kitchen Chem - 100 cool food science experiments for kids and cooks
http://www.librarything.com/ - LibraryThing - catalog your books in an online list

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Diigo Ed picks - May 1, 2012

http://www.spiderscribe.net/ - online mind mapping and brainstorming tool
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx - KidZone create a graph - simple graphing for kids
http://academic.research.microsoft.com/ - academic research at microsoft - mostly higher-ed stuff
http://www.yabla.com/ - yabla - language immersion through online video
http://baileybunch6.blogspot.com/2012/04/wild-about-wikis.html - wild about wikis - good ideas here
http://lifehacker.com/5906343/instantly-send-any-gmail-attachment-to-google-drive - send gmail attachment to google drive
http://lifehacker.com/daily-routine - opening a set of links in your browser automatically
http://mashable.com/2012/04/25/teds-youtube-video-lesson/ - TED Ed lets you turn any YouTube video into a lesson, with text, questions, etc.
http://thenextweb.com/lifehacks/2012/04/29/30-specialist-and-super-smart-search-engines/ - 30 Specialist search engines
http://tagul.com/ - flexible word cloud creator - nice interactive tag clouds
http://goo.gl/jyMLX - slideshow on Google Maps for Educators
http://goo.gl/GzJ3h - Crocodoc for annotating pdf files
http://goo.gl/gwYUp - SearcheyPants - search engine for kids

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